Juan Pablo Varillas and Facundo Mena will play each other in the quarter of the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:30 pm on CANCHA 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Pablo Varillas who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Juan Pablo Varillas is the pick to win this match.
Juan Pablo Varillas -> 1.23
Facundo Mena -> 4.2
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Prediction and head to head Juan Pablo Varillas vs. Facundo Mena
This will be the 8th time that Juan Pablo Varillas and Facundo Mena play each other. The head to head is 5-2 for Pablo Patino-Samudio (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Pablo Patino-Samudio won 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in the Santiago 3 Challenger back in 2021.
Juan Pablo Varillas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-26 | 0-5 | 24-20 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-29 | 4-7 | 23-17 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 53-27 | 2-3 | 51-23 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 51-23 | 0-2 | 51-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-14 | 1-2 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 119, Pablo Patino-Samudio got to the quarter after beating Renzo Olivo 6-2 6-2 and Johan Nikles 6-2 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Peruvian had a good straight sets win against Nikles (6-2 6-1). During the match, Pablo Patino-Samudio scored 62 points vs Nikles’s 37. Pablo Patino-Samudio was exceptionally aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pablo Patino-Samudio scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Juan Pablo Varillas lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Pablo Patino-Samudio put 54% of his first serves in, winning 56% (18/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (19/27) on the 2nd serve. The Peruvian broke Nikles 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Juan hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 62% of the points he played.
Pablo Patino-Samudio has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (323-202). 12-4 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Pablo Patino-Samudio has an aggregate291-172 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
Juan’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Santiago Challenger.
Pablo Patino-Samudio has an overall 14-6 win-loss record in 2022, 12-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger
Pablo Patino-Samudio has never competed in this tournament before.
Facundo Mena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-22 | 3-1 | 46-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-21 | 11-9 | 18-11 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-29 | 8-7 | 25-20 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-30 | 0-4 | 29-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-11 | 0-2 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 181 (career-high), Mena reached the quarter after beating Goncalo Oliveira 7-5 6-4 and Alexander Ritschard 2-6 7-65 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Ritschard, Mena recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-65 6-4).During the match Mena scored less points (6) than Ritschard. In fact, the world no. 119 won 100 points vs Ritschard’s. That means that Mena was more focused during the important points. Facundo was very aggressive to blast 50 winners.
About the serving games, Mena struck 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Facundo Mena lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Mena put 67% of his first serves in, winning 65% (50/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (19/38) on the 2nd serve. Mena broke Ritschard twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mena has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
The Argentine has a compiled 8-8 win-loss record in 2022, 6-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pablo Patino-Samudio | Mena |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 53 |
| Pts | 129-80 | 167-159 |
| Total Points | 209 | 326 |
| Winners | 44 | 75 |
| %Winners | 34% | 45% |
Both Pablo Patino-Samudio and Mena played 2 matches. At the moment, Facundo Mena surrendered 1 set while Juan Pablo Varillas hasn’t lost a set so far. Pablo Patino-Samudio has played 1 set(s) less than Mena (4 vs 5). Therefore, Pablo Patino-Samudio played 22 games less than Mena. Pablo Patino-Samudio scored 44 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine recorded 75 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pablo Patino-Samudio | Mena |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 70/112 | 106/169 |
| %1st in | 63% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 44/70 | 75/106 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 30/42 | 35/63 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 56% |
Pablo Patino-Samudio recorded 1 ace (0.5 per match). Mena also managed to score 12 aces (6 per match). Pablo Patino-Samudio won 63% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Mena won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pablo Patino-Samudio | Mena |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 5 |
| Converted | 9/20 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 45% | 63% |
| Conceded | 7 | 10 |
| Saved | 6 | 6 |
| % Saved | 86% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Juan broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Juan lost his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Facundo broke his opponents 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Facundo conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pablo Patino-Samudio | ||||
| R1 Olivo |
R2 Nikles |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 15 | 31 | |
| pts | 67-43 | 62-37 | 129-80 | |
| Total points | 110 | 99 | 209 | |
| Winners | 26 | 18 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 29% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/53 | 32/59 | 70/112 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 54% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 26/38 | 18/32 | 44/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 56% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 19/27 | 30/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 70% | 71% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/9 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 56% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 4/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 80% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mena | ||||
| R1 Oliveira |
R2 Ritschard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 2-6 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 31 | 53 | |
| pts | 67-53 | 100-106 | 167-159 | |
| Total points | 120 | 206 | 326 | |
| Winners | 25 | 50 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 50% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/54 | 77/115 | 106/169 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 67% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 50/77 | 75/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 65% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 19/38 | 35/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 50% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 2/4 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 50% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 67% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
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